Cover band demos
Yo, those of you in cover bands, what sort of demos have you guys (and gals) got?
What & how much do you put with it? Biog? Photos? (bearing in mind we're not the most photogenic of bands!). Do you all do it by website these days?
Ta muchly.
Bad music for bad people.Originally Posted by Jan Moir
Er, CD with 3 to 5 tracks, either recorded on a multitracker at home or in a (cheap !) studio, contact details on every surface, nice logo, didn't bother with photos or biog, then send it to every pub in the local paper's music listings.
Web sites help for telling punters where you're playing, but pubs don't have time to research these things, they're too busy selling beer !
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Bad music for bad people.
The main concern is the choice of songs.
Be sure you chose the ones that best show of your band's best and not the ones you like to play the most!
Also, think of what kind of pubs you are trying to get in to. Don't record "Master of puppets" for one of those quiet small pubs were the families go together! Nor "last kiss" for a metal pub!! You get the idea
Live CD's are pretty popular these days. The only time I've been asked for a demo CD was for a council open air gig, and they requested a live CD before they gave us the gig. Other than that two songs on a CD should be fine, plus link to website for detailed info
Do you need a cover for the CD?
Last edited by suityou316; 2nd May 2008 at 07:45 AM.
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Bad music for bad people.
my old band had 5 tunes to show differences in songs. It was almost live - drums / bass / rhythm guitars were live - we did the solos and vocal afterwards.
The CD case had the band name and full contact details on it - nowt else.
Seemed to do the trick!
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I would say a live cd would be a superb idea.
We used to post CD's, but nowadays it's done via our website. The tracks are actually held on Soundclick because I haven't got round to putting mp3s on our own site. We know roughly who the site visitors are because we use Google Analytics to track activity.
All the music was recorded in the studio. We think a studio recording sounds better than a live mix to a non-musical customer. Some of the recording are quite old, in fact half of them are before my time.
Photos are difficult. We are not particularly photogenic, and we haven't invested in a photoshoot. We think that live shots are actually more helpful because they convey what the band looks like in the wedding venues which our customers are using. Building a proper gallery is another future project
Roland
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